Local psychic attacked in Greenwich

Published 11:33 pm, Monday, August 31, 2009

After receiving threatening phone calls and being injured by a man during a midnight attack in Greenwich over the weekend, a local psychic says someone is trying to drive her out of business.

Janet Lee said she was taken to the hospital after being beaten by a man outside her office at 16 Greenwich Ave., in Greenwich, late Friday night. She also has an office at 565 Westport Ave., in Norwalk.

Four days before the attack, which left her with a black eye and a cut on her face, Lee reported to Norwalk police that a woman left several threatening phone messages focusing on her business and her son.

Norwalk and Greenwich police said they are investigating Lee's complaints.

In one of the messages the woman said, "This town is not big enough for the two of us. We want you to take down your sign," said Lee, who lives in Norwalk.

In another call, the woman described her son, the car he was driving and even the fact that he was going to a summer program at his Westport school, said Lee, who would not give her age.

"They never said they were going to hurt me, they kept saying, get out of town or else," Lee said. "It is difficult for me to comment on what is going on. I do not know what is going on."

Lee said she walked out of her Greenwich office at about midnight Friday when a man attacked her with his fists. The man told her that he was going to kill her, she said.

Greenwich police Lt. Daniel Allen would not confirm Lee's name, but said police were called to Greenwich Hospital at 1:13 a.m. Saturday to interview a woman who said she was attacked outside of 16 Greenwich Ave.

"I can't give any further information. It is still under investigation," Allen said.

Norwalk police Sgt. Andre Velez said police are investigating Lee's complaint of harassing phone calls and are aware of the Greenwich investigation. He would not discuss the case further.

Lee said she has been a psychic in Norwalk for eight years and told people's futures in Greenwich for 10. Until 2004, she even had a two-year stint as a "promotional" psychic at Saks Fifth Avenue in Greenwich.

Lee, who says she has a large clientele and describes herself as a "life coach," said it is not unusual for her to receive crank calls. But these calls were different, she said.

Late last week, Lee said someone was tampering with the sign at her Norwalk office.

Lee said she has heard that another psychic is coming into the area, but has no idea who it is.

Her psychic gifts are no help to her in this investigation, Lee said.

"I am not able to read for myself or my children. I can only see things for other people," Lee said.